Einteiliger verdeckter Sockelkontakt und Produktionsverfahren

摘要

A one-piece hooded socket contact (10) is disclosed having a sheet metal contact body with a forward mating section (14) and a rear wire connection section (16). The mating section (14) comprising a generally cylindrical hood (20) having a front end (24) and a plurality of integral generally trapezoidal-shaped spring fingers (22), said fingers (22) extending rearwardly from said front end (24) and inwardly toward the center axis (C ) of said cylindrical hood (20); and said fingers (22) being separated by slots (34) each having a width less than the width of each of said fingers. The socket contact (10) is formed is formed from a sheet metal blank having spaced trapezoidal-shaped fingers (22) that extend from a forward edge of the blank. The fingers are bent rearwardly and the blank is formed into a cylinder forming the hood of the contact. The fingers extend inwardly toward the center axis of the hood to form the spring beams of the contact. The front portions of the fingers form a lead-in chamfer at the front of the hood.